Minnesota Exceeds Federal 1% Limit for Alternative Assessment Standards

“In 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) limited the number of students a state can assess with an alternative assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards (AA-AAAS) to 1.0 percent of all students tested in each subject area.”[1] Using alternative assessments raises concerns that schools are not holding high expectations of grade level achievement […]

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